Mapsupreme is a plugin helps to add Google Map in your Vantage theme through short-code or action hooks. It gives a Clustered Google map or a grouping Google Map with colorful Icons.

You can set the map center point as per your city or region from the plugin settings. The map lists all listing & event posts with colorful grouping icons. If you want to change icons, you can change from “icons” folder in the plugin folder. On individual pin point click, a user can get the listing image, title with link, address, website, phone.

The main feature of the plugin is the data json file. All listing information is stored in one data file which is stored in plugin(mapsupreme) folder so every time it requires no server load time to collect data for the map. This helps the loading and processing time.

You don’t have to worry about the new/updated listing as the data file will refresh on each time period you have set from plugin settings automatically. And if by mistake any listing is not loaded then from plugin settings, you can reload the map settings and refresh the data file with just a single button click. It’s so easy!

This plugin works with Vantage only. It is compatible with WordPress Multisite.

Google API is necessary after June 22, 2016 of new google map map updated policy. We have created a good article with screen image for better understanding about create new google API key. Click the link to create google API

What is special in Version:1.1.0?
==>In version:1.1.0 we have added event with listing on same map. You can show either listing or events via the setting from wp-admin > plugin. Show/Hide options for different pages via widgets. The shortcode code also changed.

How to add Map on home page?
==> refer readme.txt file to get the php code which should be added in header.php of theme root to show map on home page. You can set widht & height as per your wish.

Display specific categories on map?
==> from plugin settings page, you can see the option to set the category display of you want. Just select your choice and press the refresh data button and you can see the effect on your map.

How to set Category Icons?
==> You can set the category icons while Add/Edit Listing Category. You should upload the icons from media library & get the image link to place there.

How to set different Map type?
==> Go to plugin settings > set the “Map Effect”

Display Category Map?
==> Get latest version 1.0.3 and it will work for category wise map on listing page as well via shortcode/action hook you can add to any where you want. You can add multiple category/parent category.

1)Unzip the mapsupreme.zip folder

2)Copy the plugin folder “mapsupreme_vantage” and paste in “wp-content/plugins/”

3)Go to wp-admin -> Plugins -> Mapsupreme -> Active Plugin

4)You can see additional “Mapsupreme” menu link under “Listings” box at left menus from where you can manage settings.
The path is like : Go to wp-admin > Listings (left menu) > Mapsupreme > Settings…

5) If it is first time installation you should press ” Set Listing lat & lng ” && Then ” Refresh Data Right now ”
–> As it is your first time, the previous listing may not have set the google map lat & lng so it will set by ” Set Listing lat & lng ”
–> Once lat & lng set you should refresh the data.json for home page map so you sould press ” Refresh Data Right now ”
–> After that it will work automatically, you don’t need to do the process every time, it is only first time installation process.

6)See the settings as per you want.

7) To display map you should go to wp-admin > widgets > widget name : “MapSupreme Google Map” > Drag & drop it to “List Page Top SIdebar” widget area to display the map below header section in place of vantage default map.

8) If you want to display map on any page or post, please use shortcode as per example given below.

9) If you want to display map via php code, and the end of readme.txt file we have added sample php code for your guide.

10)Read Usage, Notes & Developer Notes Carefully.

You can contact us directly via email (info(@)wpwebs.com) or support under forum in the AppThemes forum.

Once you install the plugin, Go to plugin settings page

Press the button “Set Listing lat & lng” to set the post listing Latitude & Longitude for older post listing. It will add post listing Latitude & Longitude as per address if it is empty. Then Press the button “Refresh Data Right Now” to see the update.

Press the button “Refresh Data Right Now” to set the listing data first time.

It will refresh the data.json file and all latest listing will be added in it.

Version : 1.5.2 (20th May 2017)
——————————-
— if SSL enabled then also sometime SSL settings not enabled for somesites — Problem solved.
— Added new option for “SSL” which enable SSL manually if not set automatically.

version : 1.4.2 (07th July 2016)
——————————-
* Map Pin Popup css change/correction done for smaller map height.
* New Feature After version : 1.4.2
–> Multicity option added and related settings added from widget settings.
–> User should select both options below ::
–> enable “Vantage Multi-City” plugin from google map? &&
–> “City wise map data”
–> If “City wise map data” not inseted it will try to search data from “Vantage Multi-City” plugin. Sometimes it not working that’s why we have added this feature.
–> Important is if you don’t have installed “Vantage Multi-City” then also the map will work if “City wise map data” inserted but you should provide city data from URL.
–> Enter comma seperated data in new line for each city. Map will focus automatically while city is selected.
–> Example how to insert city data
City,Latitude,Longitude
London,51.507351,-0.127758
Washington,38.907192,-77.036871
New York,40.712784,-74.005941
Chicago,38.907192,-77.036871
—> City name should be same as “?set_vmc_city=London” from browser URL.
—> You may get city latitude & longitude from url >> http://www.latlong.net/.
—> Use shotcode for city wise map links :: [vantage_gmap_cities]
–> It will display city list with url so on click it will display home page map with selected city focus.

version : 1.4.0 (18th June 2016)
——————————-
* Multiple listings/events on same address – display slide – was not working for some time – Problem Solved.
* Map Pin Popup Settings — you can show/hide “Reviews”, “Company Website” and “Get Direction on Map”

Version : 1.3.4 (27th January 2016)
——————————-
* Multi City plugin support related changed – to enhance your page load speed.
* If Multi City plugin enabled and city is selected, it will store location lat & lng with wordpress options.
* Next time while any trying same city location, it will be get data from options instead of call google api.
* This way the page load speed will increase and plugin will ignore load same api again and again.

Version : 1.3.3 (25th January 2016)
——————————-
— Multi City plugin was not working if “zoom fit” is selected – Problem Solved.

Version : 1.2.1.4
——————————-
— Localization added – Now you can translate all text to any language using wordpress localization method.
— Listing and event on home page map was not perperly display as latest lists – Problem solved and now it will always display latest events & listings only.
— Optimize the sql query for listing and events data collection.

Version : 1.2.1.3
——————————-
— Featured listing pinpoint image has error – pin point not working for all map – Solved

Version : 1.1.2
——————————-
–> “Vantage Multi-City” plugin from google map – changed the code from : “file_get_contents” to “wp_remote_get”
As on some website server it was not working so finally we changed it & now it’s ok

Version : 1.0.9
——————————-
–> Admin Plugin settings >> data refresh settings interface problem – solved
–> If there is no website url added, it will not appear on map pin popup
–> ERROR : if there is no result on searching page, it’s show blank map — SOLVED

18 reviews of “Mapsupreme for Vantage”

1) The usage instructions on the Listings/MapSupreme page don’t match the installation instructions in the ReadMe file (turns out, I didn’t need to edit the header file at all, which I thought was rather un-user-friendly, nor did I have to get coordinates for each listing like I thought I was about to have to do).

2) Having two different zoom settings is confusing. If I set zoom to 2 in the widget and 3 in the settings, 2 is the one that takes affect, but yet I have to set the latitude and longitude for the widget in the settings page.

3) Along those lines, it’s very difficult to get the map centered just right because you have to keep going to Google Maps to get a new set of longitude and latitude coordinates, which is really, really not user-friendly

4) I can’t get the icon legend to show, even though the checkbox to hide it isn’t selected anywhere (and I’ve tried checking and un-checking).

5) Having to have the URL for an icon to change it isn’t user-friendly either.

6) When you change a setting and press ‘Save’, one would assume you don’t then also have to press ‘Refresh data now’. Can’t you just refresh on the save? What else would it be saving if not the setting I just changed?

7) Also, why is it necessary to press the ‘Set lat & lng’ button? Can’t it just do that on activation?

All in all, I can see that a lot of work has gone into this, and it has some really nice features. I eventually got this thing working somewhat satisfactorily (except for the hidden legend), but I would advise that it needs some tweaking, particularly with regard to ease of setup, before it’s ready for prime time.

I got it with all my excitements but I have no map yet. I have asked for help but haven’t seen any seriousness from the the writer. Plus it requests to set permission at 777 or 776, something with security risks for any website. My host do not recommend it. Bottom line, I don’t have a map and I haven’t seen keen interest from them.

The best plugin I bought so far. Would luv to have the map display the pop-up listing message for latest listing on the map by default (or can set as option on the admin setting). It can give hint to user that they can click on any of the marker and see the pop-up listing.

Plugin broke my Vantage install. I was forced to completely start from scratch and even go as far as installing a generic geo mapper plugin from WordPress plugin library. No support from Vantage or plugin author (oh I am sure he/ she will chime in here after the fact and say I did not give them enough time). Appthemes suck and so does this plugin. Buy at your own risk AND backup your db and php before installing.

Please let me know this point how can i show a map on the event page where all the events are displayed… I go through the readme.txt with the plugin but i cannot find . Please do paste the code so that i can implement it in all event page…

Comments (242)

Hi Tim,
Would you please share your site url with listings name so I can check it and if any problem or suggestion, let you know please.
Because of sometimes same/near location listings display for same pin only. Also make sure the plugin settings and your new added listings is added accordingly.
Once again please check same listings for category page.
Thanks

I just sent you an email. I don’t think it’s possible that it’s an issue with being close to another pin though because it’s the only one in that area of the world, for hundreds if not thousands of miles.

I welcome any other thoughts or suggestions, as this is really stumping me.

I do actually know the answer to your question though, or at least one way to accomplish that, which is in combination with the Home Control for Vantage plugin. I mean, that’s how I do it, although I’m not sure if this is entirely necessary to use both in tandum.

I use Home Control to show only the top 5 rated listings on my front page (for faster page load times), and then in Map Supreme, I select the option for the map to only show the listings on the page (not all listings). So by doing that, I’m only showing the top 5 rated listings on the page, which could be adjusted to whatever number you wish, and I believe the same could be accomplished with the most recently reviewed listings with a little more adjustments to the home page so that it only shows the most recent ones.

HI bidawinner,
There is not such options or code available that display map like Business Listings .. alphabetical- newest listing-random – Recently Reviewed – Highest Rating Etc..

Current plugin have only feature to display all latest listings on home page, category wise listings and search listings on map.
You may ask for customization as per your demand because for home page it is only all latest listings and not any dynamic settings as per selection.
Thanks

I bought custom pins thinking that it would solve my problem (though I like their pop-up design better), but they can’t do the following:
1. Homepage map location to be centered by a custom lat and lng
2. Custom zoom level for this map
3. Option to show all listings on the map and not just those showing in the listings below the map (for example if I do 10 listings per page under the map, I don’t only want just 10 pins on the map, I want all of them).
Can Vantage Map Supreme fix all of these issues??
If you tell me they can – I buy (but please don’t lie!!)

Hey Vipul, any word on when this plugin will be updated? It’s really important to my site, so I can’t update my site to the new version of Vantage until you update this to pull from the new format of listings.

Hi carpediemtim,
Actually we have discussed with theme developer and they also using similar plugin feature so now we have to update such a way that we follow them and add our feature. So sorry for the delay but we are working on upgrade and hopefully will update within a week.
Thanks

Hi!! one question, is it possible to have a checkbox beside the legend with the icons in the map, so it’s possible to activate or deactivate the icons displayed in the maps?
If a user is only interested in one type of listing, he should be able to just check that kind of listing with a check box, and not display all the others.

Hi Alvaro,
for current version of plugin checkbox selection option is not added because it create very confusion and duplication of listings for same listings in multiple category. So such feature we have not added and we are not planing to add it in future because vantage theme itself have added map and may be they add more features in future…
Thanks

Thank you for your quick answer, Vipul.
If you want the point of view of a potential costustumer, it makes no sense to me that the users can not filter the map to see just the type of listing they are interested. I have seen this feature in many directory websites (ex. http://tech-calendar.com/events-map/) and it’s basic. Why If I am looking for “bakeries” the map could be full of other icons for “butcheries”, “supermarkets” etc…. ?
If a listing is in more than one category, it will appear when any of those categories is marked. You may have a similar problem now: if a listing is in more than one category, which icon do you display for it?

HI Alvaro,
Yes you are right but we have already added grouping facility for this map. if we try to add both feature together(grouping of pins and checkbox filter), it create problem for use. That is only reason why we don’t have added it. For experimental purpose we have added it for ClassiPress map (https://marketplace.appthemes.com/plugins/mappress/) both features (grouping of pins and checkbox filter) but then also we have to give option to either work one function at a time and sometime it not working ok for all users. That’s why we have avoided to add checkbox feature for vantage map.
Thanks

Ok, I see, but in MapPress there is not the detail of the reviews (rate of users) when you click on an icon, is that a functionality that can be activated in MapPress, or the plugin has not the functionality?